The Wages of Fear

Four guys are paid well to drive hypersensitive nitroglycerine across rocky terrain in order to stop a fire at an oil rig. It's a fairly long film, but it doesn't seem like it because you're on proverbial pins and needles waiting to see whether anyone might blow up. The way the film builds tension and maintains it is very well done. I found myself at one point actually biting my nails. Not deliberately. I think it stems more from it being about four in the morning and not being entirely clear what was going on. But still, I guess that makes this film technically a nail-biter.